Cocker spaniel mix dragged from house by pit bull

MILAN -- A cocker spaniel mix was attacked by a pit bull Friday, leading to a summons being issued to a Milan woman, an Erie County sheriff's report stated.

Shirley Thompson, 66, was charged with failure to confine a dog and failure to file application for registration of a dog.

The cocker spaniel mix was attacked inside its owner's SR 113 home, the report stated. The owner had opened the back door and the pit bull entered and dragged the cocker spaniel out of the house.

When deputies arrived, they had to "beat" the pit bull in order to get it to release the cocker spaniel, the report said. Ruggles, cocker spaniel mix, had bite marks around its neck and was taken to the Lorain Animal Clinic for treatment.